Ivory Coast 2013-14 Cocoa Arrivals 8.2% Higher as of March 30

Morgane Lapeyre

April 1, 2014 — 4:42 AM EDTApril 1, 2014 — 4:42 AM EDT

Bean deliveries to ports in top cocoa grower est. at 1.165mln mt in season begun Oct. 1 through March 30, accord. to data on website of KnowledgeCharts, unit of Commodities Risk Analysis in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. * Arrivals were 1.077m mt in yr-earlier period * Deliveries are biggest for period since at least 2004-05, when data first compiled: KnowledgeCharts data * NOTE: 2013-14 season ends Sept. 30 * NOTE: Est. arrivals are based on exporters’ reports of no. of trucks seen arriving at buying stations near ports, may be replaced by official data